Man convicted of child porn to be sentenced 2:30 p.m. Thursday

NEW PHILADELPHIA Judge Edward E. O'Farrell has rescinded a warrant for the arrest of Paul Bracone Jr., a man who was convicted of pandering child pornography and possessing nude videos of a minor.

Times Reporter

Posted Oct. 30, 2013 at 2:55 PM

Posted Oct. 30, 2013 at 2:55 PM

NEW PHILADELPHIA Judge Edward E. O'Farrell has rescinded a warrant for the arrest of Paul Bracone Jr., a man who was convicted of pandering child pornography and possessing nude videos of a minor.

O'Farrell issued the warrant after Bracone failed to appear for his sentencing at noon on Tuesday.

The judge has since learned that Bracone checked himself into the emergency room at noon and remained in the hospital until 6 p.m. He has had health issues in the past that also prevented him from being present when jurors rendered a verdict in September.

Neither he nor his family members contacted his public defender or the court prior to his emergency room visit.

Sentencing for the 51-year-old Dennison man was rescheduled for 2:30 p.m. Thursday. He was convicted of pandering obscenity (child pornography), possessing nude videos of a minor, and growing marijuana and cultivating marijuana.

He will likely serve 12.5 years for all the charges.

Bracone's chronic health issues were a factor in the delayed case which dates back to March of 2011. The case began after his tenant and ex-girlfriend discovered a surveillance camera below her bathroom sink. Bracone admitted to installing the camera, as well as growing and using marijuana. Child pornography was discovered on his computers after they were confiscated by the Dennison Police Department and reviewed by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Ohio BCI experts found 163 videos from the bathroom, 132 with nudity and several containing a minor.